• System Administrator
  • Course Instructor
  • Technical Team Leader
  • Engineering Manager
  • Developer
RESUME
kira@hamelink.us GitHub LinkedIn Augusta, MI, USA

Hello

Welcome, and thank you for visiting my page!

I am a detail-oriented system administrator with 7+ years of experience managing IT systems, developing internal tools, & leading technical teams. I have a strong background in Windows & Linux environments, endpoint management, & server maintenance.

I am also an experienced course instructor, serving as a teaching assistant for undergraduate & graduate level courses. I am now on my second year of leading my own class at an undergraduate level, as well.

Currently, I am pursuing my Ph.D. in industrial engineering at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. My research interests include operations research, quantum computing, & quantum optimization.

Check out some of my personal projects!

WORK EXPERIENCE

2019 - Aug 2021, Apr 2023 - Present

Senior System Administrator


Western Michigan University, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Created and maintained Windows computer images using Clonezilla for 200+ lab machines
  • Administered license and data servers via VMware, monitored through Nagios system checks
  • Worked with college staff and faculty to diagnose and resolve hardware/software issues on Mac, Windows, and Linux machines
Aug 2021 - Apr 2023

Graduate Assistant

- System Administration Team Lead


Western Michigan University, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Led hiring process for new system administrators and CEAS programmers
  • Developed team members through continuous training, delegated and tracked tasks, and set long-term goals
  • Led regular requirements-gathering meetings for in-house software development

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Aug 2023 - Present

Research and Teaching Assistant


Western Michigan University, Department of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management

  • Assisted in research and teaching activities in WMU’s IEE & EM department
  • Identified opportunities for external funding; developed grant applications
  • Generated research project ideas and plans; conducted research activities
  • Designed, administered, and evaluated course work; delivered in-person lectures: Capital Budgeting and Cost Analysis (graduate), Operations Control in Industry (undergraduate)
Jan 2024 - Present

Course Instructor


Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Department of Computer Information Systems
  • Prepared and delivered course materials for CIS 150 - Programming Logic

PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES

Oct 2024

Posturography-Based Decision Support System for mTBI Detection


Alessander Danna-dos-Santos, Ilgin Acar, Kira Hamelink, and Eren Darici

Conference: 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Jun 2024

Resources Analytics: Determining Possible Turnovers with Feature Engineering Approach


Eren Darici, Kira Hamelink, and Ilgin Acar

Conference: 9th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Mar 2024

Development of a 3-Credit Multidisciplinary University Autonomous Vehicles Course Without Prerequisites and Open to Any Major


Nicholas Brown, Johan Rojas, Alyssa Moon, Ali Alhawiti, Pritesh Patil, Parth Kadav, Kira Hamelink, Wendy Swalla, and Zachary Asher

Conference: 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference
Jun 2024

PROTOTYPE ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT POWER WHEELCHAIR TRAINING SYSTEM DEVELOPED AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY


Richard Meyer, BS, MS, PhD

Feature: NRRTS Directions Volume 3 of 2024

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

2023 - Present

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM)


Member & Communications Director for the WMU Student Branch
2023 - Present

Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering


Member
2022 - Present

American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)


Member

LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2023 - Present

Scouting America Merit Day Session Leader


Programming Merit Badge
Fall 2021

WMU Academic Integrity Committee Member


Western Michigan University, Department of Computer Science
2019 - 2021

Student Entrepreneurial Lead, Regional NSF I-Corp Program


Western Michigan University, College of Engineering and Applied Science